Country: United States

Found 17049 papers in total
Reducing trucks on the road through optimal route scheduling and shared log transport services
2003,
A concern for public safety on the roads, cost pressures from global competition and a...
Variation in the costs of delivering routine immunization services in Peru
2004,
Objective : Estimates of vaccination costs usually provide only point estimates at...
Long-term solutions for the problem of vaccine shortages
2004,
During the past few years, vaccine shortage has been a serious problem affecting both...
Designing pediatric vaccine formularies and pricing pediatric combination vaccines using operations research models and algorithms
2003,
The National Immunization Program, housed within the Centers for Disease Control and...
Preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis of an AIDS vaccine in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1993,
A preliminary assessment was made of the cost-effectiveness of a hypothetical AIDS...
Vaccine shortages eliminate possibility for excess capacity in stockpiles
2004,
The ability to provide vaccines to the entire population stands as one of the greatest...
Addressing the challenges to immunization practice with an economic algorithm for vaccine selection
1998,
The biotechnology revolution is producing a growing bounty of new vaccines which pose...
Assessing the impact of wastage on pediatric vaccine immunization formulary costs using a vaccine selection algorithm
2004,
Pediatric immunization is an important factor in providing protection against numerous...
Dynamic policies for optimal low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite launches
2004,
Low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems continue to provide mobile communication...
Data cleansing and analysis as a prelude to model based decision support
2002,
We describe a loosely integrated set of teaching modules that allow students to...
A reinforcement learning algorithm based on policy iteration for average reward: Empirical results with yield management and convergence analysis
2004,
We present a Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithm based on policy iteration for...
Who wants to see a $million error?
2001,
Inspired by the popular television show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’,...
Using set covering with item sampling to analyze the infeasibility of linear programming test assembly models
2004,
This article shows how set covering with item sampling (SCIS) methods can be used in...
Gaining insight in linear programming from patterns in optimal solutions
2000,
This paper advocates the practice of interpreting the qualitative pattern in linear...
Procedures for finding nondominated solutions for multiple objective network programming problems
2003,
Procedures for finding nondominated solutions for multiple objective network...
Efficient neighborhood search for the probabalistic pickup and delivery travelling salesman problem
2005,
In this article the probabilistic pickup and delivery travelling salesman problem is...
Modeling and analysis of flexible queueing systems
2004,
We consider queuing systems with multiple classes of customers and heterogeneous...
Discrete-time queues with generally distributed service times and renewal-type server interruptions
2004,
In this contribution, we investigate a discrete-time single-server queue subjected to...
Spreadsheets as a tool for teaching simulation
2000,
Simulation can be a difficult subject to teach, as most commercial software requires...
Business process modelling using discrete-event simulation: current opportunities and future challenges
2005,
Competitive pressures and global business trends urge many organisations to radically...
Supply chain simulation tools and techniques: a survey
2005,
The main contribution of this paper is twofold: it surveys different types of...
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